MY Place Oakland World Premiere – October 6

CFI Education’s filmmaking/storytelling project MY Place Oakland completed filming in August. Post production is done and the “world premiere” will be held at the Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley on October 6. This event is by invitation only. Filmmakers will be presented with a DVD copy of all the films finished in the project.  The [...]

MY Place in Oakland

A world-wide premiere of their films will be shown at the Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley in September. Family and friends of the filmmakers are invited to this special event. Important aims of this program are to promote self-esteem and through their films, connect filmmakers to their community. In April, MY Place workshops are held [...]

The upcoming budget cuts for schools and the general confusion around California’s budget in general is cause for concern for many teachers I know. The fear is already creeping in. I just spoke to a friend today who was a welder until he was laid off a few weeks ago. When I told him about [...]